Spain’s Balearic Islands officially recognize centuries of injustice against crypto-Jews on Majorca

Spain’s Balearic Islands, home to 800 to 1,000 ethnic Majorcan crypto-Jews who had been persecuted since the 1492 inquisition, has finally recognized the abuses perpetrated against ethnic Jews.

Dani Rotstein, pointing, explains to German tourists about a church that used to be a synagogue in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Feb. 11, 2019.

Dani Rotstein, pointing, explains to German tourists about a church that used to be a synagogue in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Feb. 11, 2019.

(photo credit: CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA)

ByORGE CASTELLANO/JTA

NOVEMBER 8, 2023 03:49